housing issuese solution university of jordan

1. Housing issues
project by:
zubaida alwalie
sundos abu-reyal

2. MAPS
Jordan

3. Introduction
Brief info :
 zarqa is a district of Greater
Amman Municipality, Jordan.
 It is to the north-east of Amman
proper.
 Its confines include Amman Civil
Airport and the Marka refugee
camp.
 Population as of 2015 was
148,100
Location :
Hettien Camp – Al-Russayfah
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4. Al-Russayfah
is located in Zarqa (fourth-largest city in Jordan)
after Amman, Irbid.
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The city of Russeifa is located in the Central
region of Jordan, in the Zarqa River basin, on the
Amman-Zarqa highway.
Amman, Zarqa, and Russeifa form one large
metropolitan area, the second largest
metropolitan area in the Levant, after
Damascus. The city administratively belongs to
Zarqa Governorate. Due to its proximity to
Amman and Zarqa, it houses several heavy
industries.
It contains the Hettien camp

5. Hettien camp
At the time of construction, the population was
15,000. About 85,000 people, according to 2007
statistics, currently estimate that the
population of the camp is about 45550 people.
According to the latest statistics of the
population of the Hittien camp, and according
to UNRWA staff in the camp improvement
committee, the population of the camp was
125,000 in the 2008 statistics. With the
scientific development in the camp, the
number of educated young people was more
than 70% Which is considered the second
largest Palestinian camp in Jordan.
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6. 82%
18%
Jordan population
compred to refugees
population
jordan population refugees population
Abstract
Camps are characterised by poor living conditions
and associated health, social and environmental
problems. However, there is scant empirical
evidence regarding the quality of the housing in these
camps.
it lacks physical characteristics of public open
spaces, evaluating environmental comfort, safety,
accessibility, privacy and intensity of social
interactions.
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Refugees are more than just crowd
and numbers , they are also
individuals with normal social and
emotional needs!

7. 1,500,000
Refugees , isn’t that a big number?
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8. 1. deifne a hierarchy within the existing grid and decided the
streets will become the main grid
2. make sure that the size of the blocks and areas within the
main grid is sufficient for a variety of future development
sand land uses
3. make sure that the main grid will function as planned , with
sample space for traffic , parking and public transport
,commercial and public services . In the main grid the
transverse street profile should be designed carefully with
strictly defined dimensions
4. create underground infrastructure (electricity , sewage ,
water) only in parts of the grid that correspond with desired
future block sizes
5. reserve zones adjacent to the main grid for future additions
, which can be linked to the main grid like plug ins . These
could consist of a bus station a clinic a secondary school
We have to take in
consideration:
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Some problems of families
living in the camp
1. There is a huge struggle to find a decent
place of where to live
2. A lot of reparation is needed for residential
buildings to be a good place to live in , which
is costly.
3. Hot water is not available.
4. Lack of space and shortage of social
interactions although its overcrowded and
densly populated.

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One of the main issue that we can notice in
the Camps ‘ Al-Mokhayamat’ in Jordan is
the overcrowding.
The survey attributed the problems of
overcrowding within the camps in Jordan
to the strict governmental control, which
limits the violations of the vertical
expansion of residential units based on
building laws.
The study estimated that this problem will
continue to exist as long as the camps are
temporary because of the political and
administrative considerations that
prevent vertical expansion by
expanding the boundaries of the
camp for fear of integration or the
change of landmarks in the skyline.
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11. overcrowding is a severe problem
in most camps in Jordan, resulting
from the construction of residential
units on limited land areas that
can not be expanded
horizontally, despite the doubling
of the number of refugees during
the same period more than four
times, forcing the majority of the
camp's residents to expand
vertically by building two to three
floors Above the single housing
unit, which usually does not exceed
90-96 meters. It is estimated that
46 per cent of refugee’s homes
contain three or more persons per
room which makes it hard to live
in.
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1. Services given / provided to the camps
can benefit the camp and surrounding
communities
2. sewerage and drinking water pipelines
requires an integrated plan with profile
drawings
3. going for a robust strategy which is cost
efficient
If we think of it this way :
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What we should aim to :
1. plan social spaces, such as the mosque of
market directly adjacent to the main
structure
2. copy the urban atmosphere of actual
country such as traditions , techniques and
materials
3. allow the use of courtyards for social
interactions
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1. regional development : studying the
socio-economic developments of
alrussayfah region in relation with
hettein camp
2. urban planning : sustainable vision for
the steadly developing camp
3. basic services an integrated plan for
water , transportation , waste and
ambulane services
Setting a plan:

15. Sustainable
Proposal

16. “The chief function of the
city is to convert power
into form, energy into
culture, dead matter into
living symbols of art,
biological reproduction
into social creatitivty.
-Lewis Mumford
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18. New
proposal
for a
building
block
Changing
the concept
of refugee’s
camps

19. How can architects and designers
increase social value in the built
environment?
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Buildings contribute to social sustainability by providing
environments that support communities in meeting their social
needs. It’s generally easy to understand how the design,
construction, and operation of buildings affect the environment.
But the building’s impact on social value is often less immediately
obvious and harder to measure.
Generally speaking, social value derives from outcomes that have a
positive effect on collective quality of life and relates to those
things that impact livability—like health and wellness, security and
resilience, equity and accessibility. Just as project teams make
design decisions based on the impact on energy use or carbon
cost, they can also factor impacts on social value into their
decisions. At a minimum, a project should strive to do no harm to
the existing community. Ideally, the project creates additional
positive outcomes for the community.
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20. Community-Scale Sustainability:
Accelerating Change for People and
Planet
▹ By working at
the
neighborhood
scale,
designers and
developers can
more
dramatically
improve
environmental
performance
and social
equity.
▹ The building
industry has
set ambitious
goals for
sustainability
and resilience,
and is
recognizing
that a building-
by-building
approach is not
enough
▹ At the same
time there is an
increasing
focus on
making
healthy,
vibrant, and
resilient
communities
accessible to
all.
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21. Major problem
▹ Almost no buildings adapt well.
They’re designed not to adapt; also
budgeted and financed not to,
constructed not to, administered not
to, maintained not to, regulated and
taxed not to, even remodeled not to.
But all buildings (except monuments)
adapt anyway, however poorly,
because the usages in and around
them are changing constantly. (Brand
1994: 2)
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Rain Water
collection

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Solar
panels

24. Social areas

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Before
After

26. The end